I think the arabi package was installed correctly, since MiKTeX didn't give me any errors. I don't know how else to check if it is correctly installed (it has about 207 files.) I tried reinstalling it, but I obtain the same results.
Furthermore, I spoke too soon when I said that just typing worked fine. When I switch languages, it does seem to correctly switch the script, except for punctuation symbols. Only latin letters and digits seem to be correctly rendered, but the rest of the keyboard seems "stuck" with the other keyboard map. Only when I switch off keybord maps do I get the correct symbols. On 9/27/07, Dov Feldstern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ernesto Posse wrote: > > Great, thanks. I wasn't setting "Edit -> Text style ->Customized... > > -> Language" properly. Is there a key binding for this option? > > > > There is an lfun called "language" which does exactly this, and which > you can bind to any key you want. In Hebrew, we use F12 for the binding. > I suggest adapting one of the files attached here, just use the language > "farsi": http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.devel/88941 . Just > place the file to your .lyx/bind directory (I'm not sure what the > Windows equivalent is, the truth is you could probably place the file > anywhere), and select it as your bind file (Tools -> Preferences... -> > Look and feel -> User interface). > > Note that since you're using an RTL language, then you shouldn't even > have to use the bindings for explicitly setting the keymap (M-k 1, etc.) > --- it should happen automatically when you switch the language. > > > When I am typing, it seems to work, but when I try to view it (for > > example in DVI) I get latex errors such as: > > > > LaTeX Error: Encoding scheme `LAE' unknown. > > Command \alefhamza unavailable in encoding T1. > > Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:0' not set up for use with LaTeX. > > > > I am trying to mix English and Farsi. I followed the instructions from > > the Wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Farsi). I am running LyX 1.5.1 > > on Windows Vista, with MiKTeX 2.6. > > > > What could be the problem? > > I don't know the Farsi stuff, Mostafa is our Farsi expert. But some > things I would check: are you sure that the "arabi" latex package is > installed and set up correctly? What's bothering me is that the LAE > encoding scheme seems to be unknown, I believe that's what should be > used for Farsi. > > Uwe, Mostafa --- any ideas? > > > > > By the way, I found that in menus.bind, both options for "M-k o" and > > "M-k x" are set to "keymap-off". If I change one of them to > > 'keymap-on', it seems to be ignored. > > I'm not even sure what the keymap-off and keymap-on lfuns are supposed > to do... But as I said above, for an RTL language, you shouldn't need > any of the keymap lfuns, switching the language should take care of this > as long as you've setup the keymaps to be used. > > > > > > > > > On 9/27/07, Dov Feldstern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ernesto Posse wrote: > >>> Is it possible to write a document in LyX (1.5.1) that mixes two (or > >>> more) scripts? If so, how? > >>> > >>> I have been able to install and use an alternative keyboard map for a > >>> non-latin script, but, even though one can specify two keyboard maps, > >>> I have not been able to find anywhere in the documentation how to > >>> select the second map. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >> Hi! > >> > >> Yes, it is possible, there are actually a few different ways to do it. > >> However, your success may also depend on which scripts specifically you > >> are talking about. > >> > >> The easiest way is perhaps to just switch the keyboard at the OS-level. > >> Depending on your OS / Desktop Environment, you can probably change the > >> "keyboard's language", and then whatever you type will be in that script. > >> > >> Another option is to use LyX's built-in keymaps. It sounds like you have > >> already discovered this option. In order to use it, you can use the > >> following keybindings: "M-k 1" "M-k 2" to choose the primary / secondary > >> keymap; "M-k t" to toggle between them. Two caveats, though: Firstly, > >> Keymaps currently support only two scripts simultaneously. Secondly, if > >> both scripts you want to use are non-RTL, you have to turn off the RTL > >> option (see the RELEASE-NOTES, or > >> http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_1_5_X/RELEASE-NOTES#L31?rev=20486). > >> > >> Personally, I prefer keymaps. I have pointed out some of the reasons why > >> in a previous post > >> (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.devel/88939), you can see > >> there if those reasons make sense to you or not, and that may help you > >> decide which method is better for you. > >> > >> Note, however, that regardless of which method you use, you should also > >> make sure that the language of the text (Edit -> Text style -> > >> Customized... -> Language) is set correctly. Otherwise, chances are that > >> latex will choke on the non-latin characters. This is where using a LyX > >> keymap has an advantage: since you can change the keymap from within > >> LyX, you can create a keybinding which will both switch the keymap and > >> set the language using only a single keystroke. I don't know of any way > >> to do this if you use OS-level keyboard support. > >> > >> If you provide a little more specific information (which scripts? what > >> OS are your working on? ...) we may be able to provide further assistance. > >> > >> Dov > >> > > > > > -- Ernesto Posse Modelling, Simulation and Design Lab - School of Computer Science McGill University - Montreal, Quebec, Canada url: http://moncs.cs.mcgill.ca/people/eposse
